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Creationist victory a sad day for American education

22 April 2011
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Science, Pointless legislation, Social values
It's pretty easy to make fun of American education these days. There are viral videos on YouTube that paint a bleak, even frightening, picture of the average American unable to locate Iraq on a world map, unable to identify the name of a country beginning with the letter "U", the religion of Buddhist monks, and so on. Rick Mercer did...

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Hilarious political satire on YouTube

09 November 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Politics outside Canada
Found two brilliant, political satire videos on YouTube today. And if you follow US politics, you really have to watch these two. You will be amused. First is a take-off on Gilbert and Sullivan's "Model of a Major General" for a defence of Obama's presidency that hits home quite...

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Tags: America, political satire, YouTube, US politics 3 Comments


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